Road-map holder



June 24, '1930.A H. A. GOYKE ET AL www@ ROAD MAP HOLDER Filed March 6, 1929 Patented June 24, 1930 UNITED STATES ,F.iTlaN'ip` OFFICE i HARRY A. GOYKE AND'ROY C. LA DUE, OF CLINTON CORER-S, NEW YORK; NAOMI GoYKE ADMINISTRATRIX or SAID HARRY A. GOYKE, nEcEAsEn ROAD-MAP 'HOLDER Application met March e, 1929. serial' No. 344,739.

The present invention relates to an i1nproved road map holder more particularly adapted for use with automobiles.

When making automobile tours, frequent recourse to road maps is usually necessary'in order to discover whether or not the correct route is being followed. Road maps as now obtainable are inconvenient to handle, easily torn, and often misplaced when most needed.

One object of the invention, therefore, is to provide a holder for carrying road maps and the like in such a manner that easy reference may be had thereto.

Another object of the invention is to provide a map holder having means permitting ready removal and substitution of the maps carried therein.

A further .object of the invention is to provide a map holder having maps attached to 0 s rino actuated rollers ca able of drawing P e P e the maps up into the container after the necessary information has been secured therefrom.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a map holder which may be manufactured cheaply and which will tend to retain the maps carried therein in an unsoiled condition.

These and other objects will be seen more clearly as the description of the invention proceeds.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a front elevation, the front plate of the device being removed and showing one of the rollers partlybroken away and in section.

Figure 2 is a cross sectional view of the device on the line 2 2 of Figure 1, and showing the device mounted above the windshield of an automobile.

Figure 3 is a transverse sectional view on the line 8 3 of Figure 1, looking in the direction indicated by the arrows.

Referring more particularly to the drawa ings, the numeral 1 indicates a casing, substantially U-shaped in cross section, and having top and bottom walls 2 and 3, end walls l and 5, and a back wall 6. The top and bottom walls 2 and 3 are bent inwardly at their Y outer margins to form channel shaped flanges 7 Associated with the casing 1 is avfront l plate or closure 8 having channel shaped `flanges 9`mating with the flanges? for slidably connecting the front plate with the casf -As shown in Figure 2, the device is preferably secured above the windshield of a motor vehicle by screws 10 extending through the front wall 6 of the casing, a portion of a motor vehicle being conventionally.illustrated;

It is to be understood, however, that vdifferent types of mounting means may be used with the device, depending upon specific-requirements of installation.

The bottom wall 3 of the casing is provided with a longitudinally extending rectangular opening and solderedY or otherwise secured at their ends to the casing,'at the'ends of saidl opening, are longitudinallydisposed strips 11. These strips are preferablyformed of metal `and the Alongitudinal margins thereof are bent back to overlie thefstrips-andprovide smooth edges. As best shown in Figure 2, the stripsdeiine a plurality ofslots 12. 'Embrac-y ing the margin of the bottom wall of the casing at the front of the foremost slot Ais avstrip 13 soldered lor otherwise secured to the casing, said strip providing a smooth surface at* the forward edge of said slot. Y

Mounted on the end walls 4 and5,fbut V1n spaced parallel relation thereto, are diago-A nally disposed supporting strips 14 and 15 which arev soldered or otherwise secured to the end walls. Formed in the strip 14 is a' series of` spaced slots 16-and formed in the strip 15 is a series of openings 17 each of said openings aligning with its opposite slot.1

Removably. mounted in the casing `are rollers 18. 'Extending through the rollers are rods 19 having flattenedend portions 20 to selectively engage inthe slots 16 while the oppositeends of said rods are selectively engageable in the openings 17.` Although we have shown provision for three rollers, a

greater or less number may be employed, asV

Wound on the rollers 18 are maps 22, although some other form of indicia may be used. The inner end portions of said maps are glued or otherwise secured to the rollers while the marginal outer end portions of the maps extendrthrough the slots 12 and are folded and stitched to provide hems 23. Slidably mounted in the hems 23 are rods 24 formed of wood, metal, or other suitable material. The rods 24 engage the casing to maintain the outer ends of the -maps 22 in such a position that they may be readily grasped and brought into use.

As will now be seen, the free end .of any one of the maps may be grasped and the inap pulled down into view, and since the strips 11 and 13 provide smooth surfaces at the forward edges of the slots 12, abrasion of the maps willbe eifectually avoided. Vhen not in use, the maps are, of course, wound upon the rollers to be housed and protected by the casing while, when desired, the rollers with the maps thereon may, after removing the front plate 8, be readily removed at the front of the casing.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

1. A device of the character described including a casing open at the front thereof andhavingtop and bottom walls provided with anges at the open front of the casing, the bottom wall being formed with a slot, a rolleroperativelymounted in the casing and removable through the open front of said casing, ya flexible element normally wound on the roller and extending at its free end through said slot whereby lsaid element may be withdrawn to extend exteriorly of the casing in viewyand a front platenormally closing the front of the casing and having flanges mating with the flanges of the casing and slidably connecting said front plate with the casing.

2. A device of thecharacter described including acasing open at the front thereof and having top and bottom walls provided with flanges at theopen front ofthe casing, aroller operatively mounted in thecasing and removable through the open front of said basing, a flexible element normally woundon the roller and extending at its free end through the bottom vwallfwhereby 'said elementwmay be withdrawn to Aentendv eX- teriorly yof the casing inf view, and a front plate normally closing the frontV of the casing and having flanges Vmating with the flanges of the casing and slidably connecting said front plate with the casing.

In testimony whereof we aflix our signatures. c, Y- Y s HARRY A. GOYKE. [L s] c ROY C. LA'DUE. [n s] 

